How to play FAST alternate picking explained in 2 min!

No need for a half hour explanatory video! Just take this advice and PRACTICE instead of spending hours watching tutorials. This is all you need 🤘
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[@azharkhan8796]

Straight to the point. No gimmicks. One of the most honest lessons out here on this. Great video man!

[@thomaspolychuck]

🤘

[@luisbad07]

"Make everybody think you're the best guitarist in the world" haha great line! I have to say, this 2 minute video has been the way I have been practicing for over 15 years and it is very effective.

[@thomaspolychuck]

😁🤘

[@k-ondoomer]

Its all about the string changes. Doing two notes per string with alternate will get you so good at picking

[@yoshikigrg8]

Now this is how guitar tutorial videos should be done. 💯 🔥 👍

[@lyricbread]

As someone who’s primarily an economy picker, switching to alternate picking is not an easy task.

[@zeroxcrusher]

Why would you even switch to alternate picking?

[@lyricbread]

@@zeroxcrusher certain patterns such as Bonamassa or Eric Johnson type pentatonic two note per string, as well as “fives” can’t be played by economy picking. Try sweeping a two note per string pentatonic scale and you’ll see what I mean.

[@samuelvega9882]

I feel you bro, economy picking just came naturally for me

[@groovelife415]

@@lyricbread I started as an alternate picker, and can play the standard shred lines like this guy is doing, but I spent like a year mastering economy picking. You absolutely can economy pick Bonamassa and Eric Johnsons groupings whether they are even or odd. Eric Johnson is a die hard economy picker when he is ascending and will only change strings on an upstroke when descending, even if it means double upstrokes. Bonamassa is basically the same since his biggest influence was Eric Johnson.

[@DmitriOrtsiev]

Same here! I can alternate on intermediate speed, but on higher speed my hand switches to economy picking automatically. I know economy is a little bit faster (even Michael Angelo Batio agree on this) but it sounds different.

[@thanosp.8140]

Your advice is always on point! Thanks!❤️

[@mattl5763]

Great information, subscribed. Lots of talented guitarists on here, but I appreciate the straight-forward instruction/explanation. It's been a few days drilling this, and my alternate picking speed is already increasing.

[@mattnelson8325]

Thanks for the quick lesson. First time viewer. Now a subscriber.

[@h.c.5610]

Such a great vid! No BS, straight to the point! Thanks!

[@MrMixolydian7]

The no elbow movement tip is something I didn’t consider. Thank you for that!

[@henricksbrasil]

Great tips man! TY!

[@Rob9mm]

So valuable.

[@BorisBidjanSaberi11]

Great tips man

[@Gameboy-2007-yt]

I thought you had your fingers numbered for a second lmao

[@zumokumibonsu4501]

You sound like Paul Rudd

[@thomaspolychuck]

You’re the second person that says that, that’s so odd

[@MykSau]

Great video. Could you please elaborate on why you think strict alternate picking when switching strings is supperior to economy picking?

[@thomaspolychuck]

Thanks! It’s not necessarily superior, it’s just a personal preference. I find it easier to lock in with the tempo and it sounds a bit better to me

[@NeuroApathy]

Awesomeness

[@ey870]

Its called pick-slanting and Downward/Upward escape motion - try Troy Gray

[@sigiligus]

Also swiping, which I can see this guy do on descending runs. Basically the picks passes through the next string, touching it but in a way nobody can hear or feel while playing. It’s not up for argument, it happens and there is video proof of many virtuoso players doing it.

[@kimocu]

what guitar r u playing? shit looks magnificent.

[@MykhailoChuha]

send this to kirk and dave finally

[@HeavyMetalShredder]

Also that tone is straight fire; I think you should use a tad bit more drive and gain, and sustain

[@danidcr]

hi Thomas... what pick do you use??

[@danidcr]

👌👍

[@HeavyMetalShredder]

my pick always gets stuck between the strings; how to fix?

[@haydenbeard123]

what brand and model of guitar is this, i fucking love it i want one lmfao

[@thomaspolychuck]

It’s a Dupuis Guitar, he only made a handful of guitars as of today

[@SerpentStar_]

I'm more of a 3 chord kind of guy with 1 note solo like in - I want to be sedated 🎸

[@ConstantineM]

I play guitar for 16 years by now and only thing I suffer with is fast alternative picking with wrist. My left hand is fast, I can play fast legato runs no probs. But right hand is not improving in speed AT ALL. Been doing sychronization exercises for 2 years, repeating, repeating, with metronome - only like 5 BPM of improvement. No matter what I do, my wrist is slow. I tried EVERYTHING. Different angles, different picks, different exercises. It's only my left hand what is improving. Wtf.

[@RatFace_MonkeyEar_FishEye]

Ok so If I have an odd number of strokes on a string before moving in to the next one, why would I not do economy picking? Honest question

[@JonnyCrackers]

You can, but it's a different technique. They each have their place and you should practice them both. There are runs that are much more comfortable if you alternate pick them, particularly when a lot of string changes are involved, or string skipping. Most of the time when I see someone using economy picking, it's generally reserved for simple straight up or down runs.

[@RatFace_MonkeyEar_FishEye]

@@JonnyCrackers makes sense. Thank you :)

[@hinrik4404]

wait really? is down up down up... better?? what if you're switching between 3 strings only playing one note on the second string?

[@marekzet482]

Why up, down picking? Usually Im doing down, up.

[@thomaspolychuck]

As long as you’re alternating it boils down to the same thing

[@blackbeard479]

Bro your fingers are labelled wrong

[@BubbaabbuB]

Is the screen supposed to be black? Wtf

[@KingGrio]

Although the information in this video is technically correct in terms of the results, this is not how you develop this skill. Or rather, this is how you develop this skill when you already have years of practicing other exercises already under your belt.

[@leerobbo92]

The advice quite literally starts with "learn 3 note per string scales" and "make sure you alternate pick". I honestly can't fathom what you could be suggesting that is more fundamental than that. If someone needs to be told how to hold a pick or how to hold their guitar, you'd hope they wouldn't be on this video for practice tips.

[@SlushBoxJunikee]

You cant run if you can't walk , if you can't alternate pick you can't be fast at alternate picking , stay humble search for videos on your skill level :)

[@KingGrio]

@@leerobbo92 More fundamental than that: -Good strumming across all six strings -One note per string, string change exercises (eg. pedal tone solo) -Being comfortable playing on 2 pairs of adjacent strings (different groupings) and not all 6 -Basic legato for better left hand control -Tight palm muting and noise control -Assertive downpicking motion to sound off a clean note -Two note per string pentatonics And the list goes on. If you're working on 3 note per string scales, you already have a strong and wide range of mechanics that put you in the spot where such exercise is useful. If you try 3 note per string before you can strum, play power chords, and sound out a descent pentatonic solo, you're probably wasting your time. If you think otherwise: you're probably one of the delusional people who believe it's smart to start practicing scales before a few years of mastering the basics.

[@leerobbo92]

@@KingGrio Right. But if you're already watching a video explaining how to alternate pick, all of that is kind of a given to various degrees. That's not the point of the video?

[@richardgrier8968]

@@KingGrio Yep.

[@sweezyjackson4935]

Just gonna say it cuzbit needs to be said. You wannanokay fast? You gotta practice. You gotta pay the price with the boring repetitions until you get faster. All the greats did it that way Vai practiced hours a day Malmsteen same Satch same Gambale same Guthrie G same You gotta put in the work or it wont happen. No youtube "secret" will cause it to happen. Now go practice until your fingers bleed then practice more

[@kalorakalora]

Duce you and guys like Batio are total scam artists... I'm still waiting for my keys to the Lamborghini

[@ninkichan7209]

Changing strings alone is an issue with Most Guitarists. Sorry but this is bad advise for beginners, sort of cutting corners just to put up content.

[@kaliber150]

Where and when did he say this was for beginners? He just said “how to play fast”.

[@ninkichan7209]

@@kaliber150 I see, so he made a video for ADVANCED players huh? How do you define advanced player's, someone who cannot alternate pick fast? If so, what do you call someone who can alternate pick? So what level / demographic is this video for, someone who can already pick fast or someone who DOES NOT have a clue on how to pick fast?

[@kaliber150]

@@ninkichan7209he shared his way of practicing it’s not that deep and he doesn’t owe you anything lol…

[@ninkichan7209]

@@kaliber150 who says he ones me anything? If you know How YT works, he grts the benefit of views and comments like this. I believe that this is a free platform to a. Certain extent so people like me can comment or criticize content creators as long as it is not violating policy.

[@JonnyCrackers]

@@ninkichan7209 It's not bad advice, though. It is missing info that would be useful for beginners, but he's not under any obligation to cater to beginners either. There are tons of videos out there for new guitar players that they can watch if they need a more thorough explanation of how this stuff works. You're being obnoxious.